The X axis on the plot now starts from 2008.0; Since the data starts from January 2008, can I make it 2008.1, and also show 2009.12 on the axis? Thanks. Linda
On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Achim Zeileis <achim.zeil...@uibk.ac.at> wrote: > You do not provide a reproducible example, as the posting guide asks you to. > But I guess that your time series setup using ts() is insufficient, see ?ts. > If the data starts in January 2008, why do you tell R that it starts in 1? > Presumably you have monthly data and > > unem1 <- ts(unem$a, start = c(2008, 1), freq = 12) > plot(unem1, type = "o") > > is what you want. > > hth, > Z > > On Wed, 14 Jul 2010, linda.s wrote: > >> R Code begins >> unem=read.csv("book5.csv",header=T,row.names=1) >> attach(unem) >> unem1=ts(unem$a, start=1) >> ts.plot(unem1,main="a") >> points(unem1,type="o") >> R Code ends >> >> because the time starts at JAN_08 and ends on DEC_09, how to make the >> y axis in the plot show month starting from JAN_08 instead of having >> the current >> ugly appearance (5, 10, 15, 20,?)? >> >> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 9:20 AM, linda.s <samrobertsm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> R Code begins >>> unem=read.csv("book5.csv",header=T,row.names=1) >>> attach(unem) >>> unem1=ts(unem$Allen, start=1) >>> ts.plot(unem1,main="Allen") >>> points(unem1,type="o") >>> R Code ends >>> >>> because the time starts at JAN_08 and ends on DEC_09, how to make the >>> y axis in the plot show month starting from JAN_08 instead of having >>> the current >>> ugly appearance (5, 10, 15, 20,?)? >>> >> > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.